Science class is traditionally taught as science history class – you learn all these facts that someone else discovered, which you need to know, but that’s not really an inspiring way to learn science. – Megan Smith
The secret truth of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ is that it isn’t very hard… ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ is easy like junior high is easy. All the arithmetic, the creative writing and the history are super simple, but like junior high, you do that easy work surrounded by people who are full-tilt, hormone-raging bug nutty. – Penn Jillette
The most powerful words in English are ‘Tell me a story,’ words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself. – Pat Conroy
There can be no argument about the Lone Star State’s significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and the sacrifices of those who made Texas independence a reality. – Michael McCaul
It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution. – Mitch McConnell
During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema. – Michael Winner
History is present in all my novels. And whether I am directly talking about the sociological moment or just immersing my character in the environment, I am very aware of it. – Paul Auster
That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The ‘situation’ is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training. – Philip Zimbardo
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers that, just as Rome changed from republic to empire with conquest of new lands, territorial acquisition would lead to the centralization of political power. – Noah Feldman
The Iranian people are known for adhering to their undertakings. We have been tested by history. We’re an old civilization. We’ve been tested by history. We haven’t aggressed upon any country for 250 years. This is a history that I’m proud of. – Mohammad Javad Zarif
If you only think of me during Black History Month, I must be failing as an educator and as an astrophysicist. – Neil deGrasse Tyson
It seems that writing chose me. I feel that because I know history, and I know the history of so many cultures; I have lived a large life. – Maxine Hong Kingston
The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin affair is one of the most important and clarifying moments in American history. – Mike Gallagher
It’s very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages. – Matt Lucas
I’m a huge sci-fi geek, and I also really get into all of the alien shows on the History Channel where you see air force pilots talking about UFOs – I love that stuff. – Matt Lanter
President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history. – Newt Gingrich
I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. – Pablo Picasso
Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of a Christmas order in New York meant layoffs in China. – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Never before in history has the global marketplace touched so many consumers and provided access to so many producers. – Peter Diamandis
Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both served to hasten western decline: they have both failed to achieve their objectives and in the process demonstrated an underlying western impotence. – Martin Jacques
Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic. – Nadia Comaneci
I’m a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don’t understand why in America it’s such a big deal that we won’t read the Koran and we won’t look at history. – Pat Robertson
Given political history in Chile, it seemed to me that there was a critical task of consolidating a democracy and creating healthy civic-military and political-military relationships. – Michelle Bachelet
I love going to art galleries. The Tate Modern is one of my favourite things to do. But I don’t invest in the history of it and I don’t read up on it. I am a guy who would buy a print rather than buy an original. – James McAvoy
The Bible interprets life from its particular perspective; it does not record in a factual way the human journey through history. – John Shelby Spong